ROBIN HOODs Progress to Nottingham,
Where he met with fifteen Forresters all on a row,
And he desired of them some News to know;
And with cross-graind Words they did him thwart,
For which at last he made them for to smart.
To the Tune of, ROBIN HOOD, etc.
Licensed and Entered according to Order.
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RObin Hood he was a tall young Man,
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derry, derry, down,
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And fifteen Winters old,
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And Robin Hood he was a proper young Man,
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Of Courage stout and bold:
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hey down, derry, derry down.
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Robin Hood he would unto fair Nottingham,
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derry, etc.
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With the General for to dine;
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There was he aware of fifteen Forresters,
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And a drinking beer, ale, and wine:
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hey down, etc.
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What news, what news? said Bold Robin Hood,
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derry, etc.
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What news fain wouldst thou know?
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Our King hath provided a Shooting-match,
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And Im ready with my Bow:
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hey down, etc.
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We hold it in scorn, said the fifteen Forresters,
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derry, etc.
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That ever a Boy so young,
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Should bear a Bow before our King,
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Thats not able to draw one String:
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hey down, etc.
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Ill hold you twenty Marks, said Bold Robin Hood,
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derry, etc.
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By the leave of our Lady,
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That Ill hit the Mark an hundred Rod,
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And Ill cause one Hart to dye:
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hey down, etc.
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Well hold you twenty Marks, then said the Forresters,
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derry, etc.
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By the leave of our Lady,
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Thou hitst not the Mark of an hundred Rod,
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Nor causest one Hart to dye:
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hey down, etc.
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Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow,
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derry, etc.
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And a broad Arrow he let flye,
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He hit the Mark an hundred Rod,
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And he caused one Hart to dye:
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hey down, etc.
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Some said he brake Ribs one or two,
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derry, etc.
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And some said he brake three;
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The Arrow in the Hart would not abide,
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But it glanced in two or three:
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hey down, etc.
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The Hart did skip, and the Hart did leap,
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And the Hart lay on the ground,
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The Wager is mine, said Bold Robin Hood,
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If it were for a thousand Pound:
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hey down, derry, derry, down.
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The Wagers none of thine, then said the Forresters,
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derry, etc.
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Although thou best in haste;
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Take up thy Bow and get thee hence,
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Least we thy sides do baste:
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hey down, etc.
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Robin Hood he took up his noble Bow,
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derry, etc.
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And his broad Arrows all amain,
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And Robin he laughd, and began to smile,
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As he went over the Plain:
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hey down, etc.
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Then Robin Hood he bent up his noble Bow,
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derry, etc.
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And his broad Arrows he let flye,
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Tell fourteen of these fifteen Forresters,
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Upon the ground did lye:
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hey down, etc.
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He that this Quarrel first began,
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derry, etc.
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Went tripping over the Plain,
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But Robin Hood he bent his noble Bow,
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And he fetchd him back again:
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You said I was no Archer, said Robin Hood,
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derry, etc.
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But say so now again;
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With that he sent another Arrow,
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Which split his head in twain:
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You have found me an Archer, said Robin Hood,
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derry, etc.
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Which will make your Wives to wring,
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And wish that you ner had spoke the word,
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That I could not draw one String:
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hey down, etc.
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The People that lived in fair Nottingham,
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derry, etc.
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Came running out amain,
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Supposing to have taken Bold Robin Hood,
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With the Forresters that where slain:
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hey down, etc.
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Some lost legs, and some lost armes,
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derry, etc.
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And some did lose their blood;
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But Robin Hood he took up his noble Bow,
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And is gone to the merry green Wood:
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hey down, etc.
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They carryd these Forresters to fair Nottingham,
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derry, derry, down,
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As many there did know,
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They digd them Graves in their Church-yards,
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And they buried them all on a row:
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hey down, derry, derry down.
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